CIHM 
Microfiche 
Series 
(IMonographs) 


ICIMH 

Collection  de 
microfiches 
(monographies) 


Canadian  Instituta  for  Historical  Microraproductions  /  Institut  Canadian  da  microraproductions  hittoriquas 


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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes  /  Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best  original 
copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this  copy  which 
may  be  bibliographically  unique,  which  may  alter  any  of 
the  images  in  the  reproduction,  or  which  may 
significantly  change  the  usual  method  of  filming  are 
checked  below. 


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Coloured  covers  / 
Couverture  de  couleur 


I      I   Covers  damaged  / 


Couverture  endommag^e 


□   Covers  restored  and/or  laminated  / 
Couverture  restaur^e  et/ou  peliicui^e 

Cover  title  missing  /  Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 

I I   Coloured  maps  /  Carles  g^ographiques  en  couleur 

□   Coloured  Ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)  / 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 

□   Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations  / 
Planches  et/uu  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material  / 
Reli^  avep  d'autres  documents 

Only  edition  available  / 
Seule  Edition  disponible 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion  along 
intericr  margin  /  La  reliure  serr6e  peut  causer  de 
I'ombre  ou  de  la  distorsion  le  long  de  la  marge 
int^rieure. 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restorations  may  appear 
within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these  have  been 
omitted  from  filming  /  II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages 
blanches  ajoutdes  lors  d'une  restauration 
apparaissent  dans  le  texte,  mais,  lorsque  cela  ^tait 
possible,  ces  pages  n'ont  pas  ^t^  f  iim^es. 

Additional  comments  / 
Commentaires  suppl6mentaires: 


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L'Institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  exemplaire  qu'il  lui  a 
M  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details  de  cet  exem- 
plaire qui  sont  peut-6tre  uniques  du  point  de  vue  bibli- 
ographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier  une  image  reproduce, 
ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une  modification  dans  la  m^tho- 
de  normaie  de  filnuige  sont  indiqu^s  ci-dessous. 

I     I  Coloured  pages  /  Pages  de  couleur 

I     I  Pages  damaged  /  Pages  endommag^es 


D 


Pages  restored  and/or  laminated  / 
Pages  restaur^es  et/ou  pellicul^es 


Q   Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed  / 
Pages  d^color^es,  tachet^es  ou  piqudes 

Pages  detached  /  Pages  d6tach6es 

L/j   Showthrough  /  Transparence 

I      I   Quality  of  print  varies  / 


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D 


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Oualitd  in^gale  de  I'impression 

Includes  supplemental  material  / 
Comprend  du  materiel  suppl^mentaire 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata  slips, 
tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to  ensure  the  best 
possible  image  /  Les  pages  totalement  ou 
partiellement  obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une 
pelure,  etc.,  ont  6\6  film^es  k  nouveau  de  fafon  k 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 

Opposing  pages  with  varying  colouration  or 
discolourations  are  filmed  twice  to  ensure  the  best 
possible  image  /  Les  pages  s'opposant  ayant  des 
colorations  variables  ou  des  decolorations  sont 
filmdes  deux  fois  afin  d'obtenir  la  meilleure  image 
possible. 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below  / 

Ce  document  est  filme  au  laux  de  reduction  indique  ci-dessous. 


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The  copy  filmed  h«r«  has  b—n  r*produc»d  thanki 
to  th«  gancrotity  of: 

Special  Collections, 
D.B.  Moldon  Library, 
Unlvorslty  of  Vostorn  Ontario 

Th«  imagM  appaaring  hara  ara  tita  bast  quality 
possibia  considaring  tha  condition  and  lagibiiity 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacificationa. 


Original  copias  in  printad  papar  covart  ara  fllmad 
beginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
sion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriate.  All 
othar  original  copiaa  ara  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printad  or  illustrated  imprea- 
sion,  and  anding  on  the  last  paga  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  tha  symbol  — ^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc..  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hend  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


L'eiemplaira  film4  fut  reproduit  grlce  A  la 
gAnArosit*  da: 

Spoclal  Colloctlons, 
D.B.  Voldon  Library, 
IMIvorsity  of  Mostarn  Ontario 

Les  images  suivantss  ont  At*  reproduitas  avec  le 
plua  grand  soin,  compta  tenu  de  la  condition  at 
da  la  nettetA  de  I'exempleire  filmA.  at  tn 
conformitA  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmaga. 

Lea  exemplairee  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
pepier  est  ImprimAe  sont  filmAs  en  commancant 
par  la  premier  plat  at  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
derniAre  page  qui  compone  une  emprsinta 
d'imprassion  ou  d'illustration.  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autras  axemplaires 
originaux  sont  filmAs  an  commandant  par  la 
pramiAre  pege  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  at  en  terminant  par 
la  derniAre  pege  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  das  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
derniAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  salon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  >«•  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 

Les  cartas,  planches,  tableaux,  etc..  pauvent  Atre 
filmAs  A  das  taux  de  rAduction  diffArants. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  Atre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clichA,  il  est  filmA  A  partir 
de  I'angia  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droits. 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  an  pranant  la  nombre 
d'imagea  nAcassaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


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ll.al  llu-v  arc  Inu   no  more  .1.  .nyi-  llu^  lavN   ..t 
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.roseope.   we  scr  llu-   i:.-rm>   ".lescen-liM^      trom 
their  forefathers 

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are  .lirlv  people  more  vuhjeit  to  .li»ea-.e  • 

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than  clean.     Itvfection,  if  it   reaehe-  either,  mas 
Mel.l    .li>ease    in    either:    if    it    reaches    neither, 
neither  will  sutler      If  an  mfectious  .hscase  en^ 
tcrs    a    househol.l,    the    .lirtiest    lu-ople    will    u-l 
,prea.l  it.  .lesp.te  their  -lirtv  hahits.  ./  thcyovo.d 
the  one  spcnUc  -dirf  (the  .lischar^es  of  the  pa- 
tient)  which  alone  is  liarmfnl .  the  cleanest  peo- 
ple  will   not    fail  to  catch  it   if.   m  their   general 
eleanlines..  thev  neglect  that  ^ame  specific    •.Int 
True,   .hrt   an.l   carelessness   an-l   .lisor.lcr   otter 
v.me  indication   whether  or  not  tlie  people   who 
.how  these  characteristics  woul.l  have  the  sense. 
nr  take  the  tronhle.  to  avoi.l  the  one  .lanwerous 
Min"    shnnl.l    it    appear.      On    tlie    other    han-l. 
cleanliness,  thrift,  an.l  -s -Icm  m.licatc  character- 
likelv  'o  handle  infectious  -.lirt"  with  the  same 
.are  thev    sh..w   in   .-ther  matters,      llm    the  (hr- 
„est  pci'le  svho  make  the  pr-.per  etT..rts  to  avo,.l 
infection  can  an.l  .lo  mans   times  escape,  remain 


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witliiu  the  iHMly  till'  .«/><•<((;/  antidote  for  eaili 
particular  ut-rm.  'Ac  vaccinate  ajjaiunt  small- 
pox. l)iit  that  does  not  save  us  from  typhoid 
fever.  We  vaccinate  against  tvphoid  fever,  but 
tliat  tloes  not  save  us  from  sma;iiK)X.  If  we 
could  vaccinate  against  every  disease  (as  per- 
Iiaps  some  day  we  shall  l>e  able  to)  we  wouKl 
be  safe,  despite  the  jjerms.  at  least  while  tlie 
protection  lasted,  and  aft<'r  that  we  could  vac- 
cinate a^ain. 

i'.ut  how  much  l)etter  to  avoid  the  jjerms  wliich 
n  cans  avoidinj;  the  persons  in  whom  they  are: 
ai.d  then  we  would  never  need  any  sort  of  vac- 
cination ! 

Surely,  the  tiling;  to  do  f  r  one's  own  sake, 
and  still  more  for  the  sake  oi  our  asscK-iates,  is 
to  fuid  the  infected  persons,  or  animals,  thai  alone 
can  cause  disease  in  the  true  sense,  and  keep 
them  so  protected  while  tlie  dauRer  lasts  that 
ihey  will  do  no  harm.  TIk  i.  when  tlieir  stock 
of  ^erms  is  dead  and  done  with,  remove  all  the 
r'.'strictions. 

^■ou  will  say  that  that  i>-  only  old-fashioned 
(|Uarantine.  It  is,  in  princii)ie.  but  modern  prac- 
tice chan>;es  it  so  completely  that,  practically 
speaking,  new-fashioned  (|uarantine  differs  from 
old  as  much  as  motor  cars  differ  from  camels. 
In  the  iirst  t)lace.  o'd-fashioned  (luarantine  did 
not  pick  out  all  (ian}^i'rous  t>crsons.  but  took  the 
sick  who  form  but  part  of  the  infected,  and  also 
took  the  well  who  were  found  with  the  sick, 
inchnliufj  thus  some  who  were  not  infected,  and 
kei)t  all  these  i)ractically  in  prison,  in  their  homes, 
or  ships,  or  wherever  else  they  were  staying. 
Thus,  not  alone  were  many  infected  persons 
overlooked  and  many  uninfected  persons  wrong- 
ly  held,  but  also  the  disease  s|)read  oftentimes 


tho.c.nUrte,l  who  vu-r.  i„,he„c,  to.hc 
>•"  ..fcctcl  who  were-  kc,.t  i„  with  ,hc„,,  so  ,hat 
"l.l-fash.o„e,|  ,|uara„ti,u.  wh-U-  it  protcctcl  the 
7;"""""".v  '"'t  partiallv.  „u,.„t  often  ,x.ver 
^.-  se.  an,l  death  ,o  those  caught  i„  L  ,oi k 
•\..  «o,Hler  the  ver>  name  of  quarantine  makes 
"laiiy  people  shu,|,lcr.  ^^ 

New-fashioned  ciuarantine  i.  not  a  hianket 
me  hod  hlnnderin,ly  catchin,  in  its  hiilu  oh 
;^r.p  K.th  M.k  and  well,  th  harmless  an,!  the 
arm  ul.  „,d,scriminately.  Xew-fashioned  qua  ! 
•  '-"e  requ.res  defin.te  <ietailed  knowledge  ap- 
PI'H  w„h  care  and  patience,  not  mere  force 

Mndle.l  so  that  mtection  oease.s.  Even  the  in- 
ecfnns  do  not  wish  to  sprea.I  their  own  lnf«- 
^'""  "'^-  """«:  that  chafes  and  riles  the  av^- 
ajs'o  person  ,s  not  restriction  hut  unjust  restric- 
'"•":  enher  restriction  of  non-dangerou.s  persons 
..r  restr,ct.on  of  some  of  ,hc  ,lan,.erous  onlv  wi"le 
"titers  just  as  .lanperous  r,,  free  ' 

No  mother  minds  the  exclusion  of  her  infec- 
'-H's  cinid  from  puhlic  school,  if  her  nd.I  Ws 
mtecfous  child  is  excluded  also.     Fvxrv     h^  i 

'  I'ln  (iKi  so  too. 

Here  then   is   the   solution.   ,.ase,|  on   human 
.  tnrc.  on  common  sense,  and  on  the  most  scien- 
t.tu   knowledge.     l-i„d,  through  the  methods  "f 
n...lem,ology.  of  the  lalx.ratorv.  and  of  Me  vita 
^ta  -sfcan.  skilfully  condnncd"  I.y  experts    these 
•la.gerous  persons,  whether  sick  or  well-.he  e 
.-K  dangerous  persons.  ,h..se  who  carrv  on  S 
r  n    them    germs  of  infectious   diseases.     .Set 
•'I   others   free,  hut   kc.p  these  persons,  not  in 
..I.  -  aslnoued   quarantine,   hut   uider   such   con 
'n.l  that  the.r  discharges  will  not  pass  to  others  • 


and  .In  nnt  nicaMirc  the  li-ii^;tli  ><i  tli.U  rontrol  by 
tixid  time  limit-,  l>lin.l  and  unjust  as  <|naraTitiiic 
itself,  liiit  nuasurc  it  wlinlly  In  the  length  of  time 
tlie  K'erms  remain  in  the  IkxIn  .  The  moment  that 
the  Ki-riii'-  liave  left  that  person,  he  is  no  longer 
harmful  and  lie   should  he   freed. 

I'o  do  this  properly  means  intimate  attention 
and  supervision  of  infectious  persons  by  men 
who  know  their  Inisiness  and  do  nothing  else, 
if  ,me  sucli  man  to  every  JO.OOO  persons  began, 
tomorrow,  everywhere,  his  work,  infectious 
diseases  in  ten  years,  would  have  vanished  and 
Iiecome  mere  historv. 

SIMMAKV. 

This,  then,  is  the  conclusion.  The  old  iileas 
have  passed:  the  new  are  no  longer  theories  but 
facts;  the  methods  they  require  are  not  untried; 
thev  have  been  practiced  for  years  in  Minnesota. 
The  details  are  worked  out,  the  rield  is  ready, 
the  scope  and  cost  are  known.  .Ml  hat  remains 
is  to  apply  the  methods  developed  m  this  state 
to  all  infections,  thus  wiping  them  all  out.  once 
and  for  all.  The  way  is  dear,  what  remains  is 
to  follow  it;  the  method  is  known,  what  remains 
is  to  carry  it  out;  the  thing  we,  as  a  race  have 
hol)ed  and  desired  and  prayed  for,  for  centuries 
l)ast.  can  be  done;  all  that  remains  is  to  do  it. 

F.ach  get-.eration  of  Minnesotans  pays  now  for 
infectious  disease  two  hundred  million  dollars 
and  has  the  liiscusc^.  too!  Why  not  pay  one- 
tenth  this  sum  and  rid  ourselves  of  all  of  them 
forever? 


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